Best shots I've gotten of it so far. The color is true and most of the filaments are moss, but a few are hydra. Collected from a North American pond.
Any guesses?
Any guesses?
Moss ball ID?
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It looks more like a vascular plant than an algae or moss, at least to me.
It seems like there are small, thread-like, opposite leaves. Is this correct? If so, can you see small green fruits in the leaf axils (joint between leaf and stem)? If there are, it is likely a naiad (Najas sp.) or a water starwort (Callitriche sp.). Naiads have pointed fruits, starworts have round ones. It could also be a bladderwort (Utricularia) as Msjinkzd suggests, a small Potamogeton, or...
Any chance you could get a friend with a macro-capable camera to photograph it?
It seems like there are small, thread-like, opposite leaves. Is this correct? If so, can you see small green fruits in the leaf axils (joint between leaf and stem)? If there are, it is likely a naiad (Najas sp.) or a water starwort (Callitriche sp.). Naiads have pointed fruits, starworts have round ones. It could also be a bladderwort (Utricularia) as Msjinkzd suggests, a small Potamogeton, or...
Any chance you could get a friend with a macro-capable camera to photograph it?